The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... advantage do we derive from such writings ? What delight can a man find in employing a capacity which might be usefully exerted for the noblest purposes , in a sort of sullen labour , in which , if the author could succeed , he is ...
... advantage do we derive from such writings ? What delight can a man find in employing a capacity which might be usefully exerted for the noblest purposes , in a sort of sullen labour , in which , if the author could succeed , he is ...
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... advantage is in a great measure lost , when a painful , comprehensive survey of a very complicated matter , and which requires a great variety of considerations , is to be made ; when we must seek in a profound subject , not only for ...
... advantage is in a great measure lost , when a painful , comprehensive survey of a very complicated matter , and which requires a great variety of considerations , is to be made ; when we must seek in a profound subject , not only for ...
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... advantages of the state of nature ought to have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample subject for declamation ; but they do not consider the character of the piece . The writers against religion , whilst ...
... advantages of the state of nature ought to have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample subject for declamation ; but they do not consider the character of the piece . The writers against religion , whilst ...
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... advantage by this union of many persons to form one family ; he therefore judged that he would find his account ... advantages from it which are very visible . The fabric of superstition has in this our age and 8 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL ...
... advantage by this union of many persons to form one family ; he therefore judged that he would find his account ... advantages from it which are very visible . The fabric of superstition has in this our age and 8 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL ...
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... advantages of a des- potism , miserable as those advantages were , and it was over- loaded with an exuberance of mischiefs , unknown even to despotism itself . In effect , it is no more than a disorderly tyranny . This form therefore ...
... advantages of a des- potism , miserable as those advantages were , and it was over- loaded with an exuberance of mischiefs , unknown even to despotism itself . In effect , it is no more than a disorderly tyranny . This form therefore ...
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